Chapter 231 - [Bonus] Sureshot Mastery (2/2)
Merlin couldn't help but be reminded of Truen's experiments to leave his physical vessel and possess a golem. The first few times he tried that, it was disastrous. The Great Gods had bound Truen's soul to his vessel so tightly that when Truen possessed the golem, the golem and vessel ended up fusing together somehow. That was a mess that Merlin didn't wish to clean up after again. Thankfully, the following trial runs were less catastrophic and proved to be a huge success.
Freya studied the rune design and pointed out that there was a small flaw in the calculations that Merlin overlooked.
”The time frame is too long. Also, Parallel Minds cannot be separated from the spirit. There has to be some other way.”
The Wizard God looked over the part that Freya pointed out and felt another headache coming along. All the eight runes created, this was the most difficult one to perfect. Thankfully, they had one more meeting before imbuing anything.
”Let me work on it, let's see the next rune...” Merlin sighed and made a copy of the problematic rune's design.
Likewise, Freya was also troubled by the concept of this rune. It was tricky and splitting the spirit from the vessel can be dangerous. the force between spirit and vessel becomes weaker each time the spirit leaves it. If possible, she didn't want Truen using the spell at all.
”How about using mana strings to control the target after he is shot? Inject your mana into the target to act as a parasite,” Isis suggested. She was merely dropping by when she heard that they were finalising the runes. The Goddess of Time wanted to see how Steve Jobs and Merlin managed to create a rune to bridge the Dream Dimension using the app for Truen's spell.
”Oh! That's actually a good idea,” Freya praised Isis and turned to Merlin. ”We might have to try that out.”
The Wizard God liked the counter-proposal better and told his student that they'll have to go back to the drawing board for this one.
”What's next?” the Egyptian Goddess asked and Truen continued his presentation.
[Signature Spell 6 - Seraph's Command]
Place a curse on the target shot that does not allow them to lie or remain silent when asked a question.
Truen blushed at the knowing looks he received. The wood elf definitely took inspiration from the angels to name this spell. His initial name for it just didn't compare to the grandiose of using the Seraph's name.
[Signature Spell 7 - Pagoda Prison]
A powerful spell to imprison and bind the target that uses all six elements and scriptures from Buddha's Heart mantra. Uses the target's mana to hold the prison and slowly drains the target to death.
Isis couldn't help but be impressed. The kid actually got Buddha to lend him a hand with this spell. Scriptures were on a completely different plane as magic but the wood elf outdone himself by showing them his versatility. Truen was also rather proud of this idea. Of all the spells he created, this binding spell was his favourite. To thank Buddha for teaching the Heart Sutra to help him cope with the demonic stress from the expectations placed on him, the wood elf dedicated the spell to the God of Enlightenment.
[Signature Spell 8 - Soul Count]
Mark a person as an enemy for Onion Union to take care of outside Zero's field of vision and knowledge.
Everyone paused when they read the description. So far, the spells have been nothing but peaceful pacification if not slightly sadistic with the mana drain torture. this last spell was just downright shady even if it wasn't as impressive as the first seven spells. It screamed 'badass mafia' and all three Gods couldn't help but applaud Truen for staying true to his yandere nature.
”We better keep this out of Zero's inspection,” Isis commented and Merlin quickly edited the rune so that there would be a shield and a false description. Hopefully, it was enough to fool the Mind's Eye system created by the Great One.
The meeting soon concluded with Merlin taking back homework to revise the rune of possession and illusion with his apprentice. Isis and Freya chose to stay back in the Dream dimension for a while more and waited for the duo to leave.
”What do you think?” Freya asked the Goddess of Time.
Isis smiled. ”He's probably the most perfect choice for a bodyguard. Still, I wonder if it is my imagination that Truen's nature was closer to a Demon lord than a wood elf.”
Freya raised a brow and entertained the thought.
”Probably not,” she shrugged and both Goddesses laughed.
To think that humans of the old world could prove to be this fearsome. No wonder Gods were falling left and right during the war. If Truen hadn't been on their side, the Great Gods and King Yama would have been the first to snub out the growing threat. Thankfully for them, Truen's soul was still their hostage.